Fastener for use in lasting shoes.



No. 628,777. Patented luly Il, |899. E. S. DURKEE.

FASTENEB FOR USE IN LASTING SHOES.

(Application mea Feb. e, 1899.)

(No Model.)

'NVENTUW 'j D' E5@ AT1-W5- nir'rnn Strarns Farnr FFTCE@ EGBERT S. DURKEE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE VICTORIA SELF LACING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENER FOR USE IN LASTING SHOES."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 628,777', dated July 111899.

Application iilcdFebrnary 6', 1899. Serial No. 704,613. (No model.)

To cal whom t 77mg/ conceive:

Be it known that I, Eennn'r S. DURKEE, of Boston, county of Suffolk, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Fasteners, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to fasteners more particularly adapted for use in holding together the liy members or top portions of shoes wherein the iies or top portions are provided with eyelets or lacing-openings, the construction and arrangement of the fastener embodying myinvention being such that the fastener can be readily locked or released.

In the manufacture of shoes various means have been employed for holding the flies of the upper together to retain the upper in place on the last during the various operations connected with lasting, and my novel fastener is well adapted for use in such connection inasmuch as it is readily applied or removed and when in operative position cannot be accidentally displaced.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoeupper with a fastener applied thereto embodying one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, enlarged, of the fastener shown in Fig. 1, the fastener being shown in operative position on the iiies of a shoe-upper. Fig. 3 is a similar view, but showing the relative position of the parts of the fastener when unlocked and ready to be locked or altogether removed from the shoe. Fig. 4t is a like View, but showing the fastener .as just about to be removed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the fastener detached. Fig. 6, in plan view, shows the two members of the fastener as separated one from the other; and Fig. 7 is a sectional detail of a slightly-modified form of my fastener shown as permanently secured to the shoe. l

Referring to Fig. l, a shoe-Supper A is shown with its top portions or flies ct a herein illus! trated as provided with eyelets or lacing openings LX of any usual or well-known construction, the said flies or top portions being held together by one of my novel fasteners.

Referring to the construction shown in Figs. l to G, inclusive, the fastener comprises, essentially, two members c d, preferably made of sheet metal and stamped out or struck up into shape, the part c, hereinafter designated as the anchor member, having projecting longitudinally from one end a prong c', slightly bent transversely, as at c2, to form a shoulder, so that the outer end or tip of the prong is offset from the under side of the member c. The anchor member is longitudinally slotted to form a central. elastic or spring finger c3, while the outer portions are bent over to form loops or eyes c4. The prong c' is of such shape and dimensions as to readily enter an eyelet or opening ax in the ily, (see Fig. 2,) the member 'e and the tip of the prong bearing against the outer and inner sides of the fly or top portion, respectively, While the shoulder c2 abuts against the edge of the opening ctx, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, serving to anchor the member c in place. The cooperating controlling, actuating, or locking member d is herein shown as provided on its under side witha curved prong d and on its upper side with a camlike projection cl2, said member being pivotally connected with the anchor member in any convenient manner, as herein shown, by lateral extensions or lugs d3, which enter the eyes c4. l When said members are so connected, the spring-iinger c3 bears against the cam projection d2, the tip of the prong d' being turned inward toward the prong e' of the anchor member. The main or body portion of the member d is for convenience shaped to form an actuating-lever dx, by manipulation of which the fastener is operated, the free end of the spring-finger cs serving as a stop to limit the releasing or opening movement of the fastener members, as will be described. Itwill be undestood that the curved prong d is adapted to enter one of the lacingopenings ax.

In applying the fastener, the parts thereof being in the relative positions shown in Fig. Lt, the prong c is inserted into one of the holes ax of the top portion d', and then the fastener is turned down until the prong d enters the corresponding hole in the iiy or top portion ct, as in Fig. 3, and by depressing the lever @ZX IOC) the member d is rocked on its pivot into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This rocking movement of said member d? carries the tip of the prong d/ rearwardly and then upward to bear firmly and lock against the inner side of the fiy d, and the cam d2 is moved past center, so that the spring-finger c3 then exerts its force to maintain the prong d in such position with the fastener locked upon the work. It will be obvious from an inspection of Fig. 2 that when the fastener is so locked it cannot be accidentally removed or displaced, as-by pressing the flies together or in any other Way, so th at it cannot be released except by a direct unlocking movement.

The locking of the fastener is of a twofold nature, for when both of the prongs are in engagement with the Work the fastener is locked l thereupon as a whole.

Again, as the prong d when in locking position firmly holds the cooperating eyelet portion of the shoe between said prong and the member d the fastener will be locked on the Work even should the anchorprong be detached from its eyelet portion of the shoe. The fastener can thus be detachably connected with a shoe during the various stages of its manufacture either with both prongs in engagement or with only the locking member connected with the eyelet portion, and if it be desired to use the fastener on a completed shoe the single locking action will serve to retain the fastener on the shoe when taken off by the wearer.

When the fastener is locked, the holdingprongs c d' bear firmly against the inner sides of the respective flies to which they are attached, and the lever CZX rests closely upon the outer side of the flyor top portion of the upper, held there by the spring-finger c3, and the locking of the fastener'serves also to draw together the two sides of the upper.

The unlocking and removal of the fastener is effected by a single movement, the lever CZX being lifted by the operator in the direction of the arrow 3, Fig. 2, until it assumes the position shown in Fig. 3. The cam d2 is thereby carried past dead-center, the prong d is swung outwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3, and the end of the finger c3 then bears against the base of the lever (ZX and serves as astop to limit the further rotative movement of the member d. The parts having assumed the position shown in Fig. 3, continued pressure or movement of the lever dx in the direction of arrow 5 will rock the fastener as a whole on the prong c as a fulcrum, withd rawing the prong d altogether from the holein the fly a, as in Fig. 4, so that the prong c of the anchor member will of itself roll or pull out of the hole in the Hy d. The spring-finger c3, acting upon the cam d2 at one or the other side of dead-center, operates to maintain the fastener in unlocked position ready to apply to the work or locked, as the case maybe. U Y In .the ,modification .shown in Fig. 7 the fastener is adapted for permanent attachment to and use with a shoe, the prong m of the anchor member m being therein shown as driven through the top portion am of the shoe and upset or clenched on its under side.

The cooperating controlling or locking member (shown in Fig. 7) is constructed as shown iu Figs. l to and needs no further description, but the top portion d20 of the shoe maybe provided with a plurality of eyelets or openings, as da, arranged at different distances from the edge, so that different points of engagement for the prong d' are provided.

lMy invention is not restricted to the precise construction and arrangement herein shown, as the same may be modified or rearranged in various particulars without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. A device of the class described, comprising two relatively-movable members having each an engaging prong, adapted to enter the material from the outer side thereof, and means to lock said members in operative pcfA sition after they have been inserted in the material as described.

2. A device of the class described, compris ing two relatively-movable members having each a bent prong turned in the same direction when in operative position, and adapted to enter the material from the outer side thereof, and means to lock said members in such position with theA extremities of the prongs pressed against the under side of the object to which the device is attached.

3. A device of the class described, compris ing. an anchor member, to rest upon the outer side of the work, a relatively-movable, connected-controlling member having a downturned holding-prong and bent at its connecting-point to form an actuating-lever, downward movement of said lever bringing the said holding-prong into engagement with the shoe, and means to lock said controlling member to the shoe.

4. A device of the class described, comprising an anchor member having an offset, L- shaped and longitudinally-extended holdingprong at one end to enter the material from the outer side thereof, a cooperating member pivoted to the other end of the anchor member, and provided with an actuating-lever, a hooked holding-prong adjacent its pivot, to enter the material from the outer side, and a locking-cam and a controlling-spring to cooperate with said cam.

5. A device of the class described, comprising an anchor member having an offset, longitudinally-exten ded holding-prong at one IOO IIO

spring to retain said members locked in opoperative position, said means consisting of erative position with the prongs pressed a spring integral with one member and a eoagainst the inner side of the material. V operati'nglooking-cam integral With the other 6. A two-part fastener comprising an anmember. I5 5 ehor member, a pivotally-eonneoted eoper- In testimony whereof I have signed my ating member having an attached curved name to this specification in the presence of holding-prong, relative movement of said tivo subscribing Witnesses.

members into operative position turning the tip of the prong rearward and upward to- 1o ward the under side of the anchor member,

and looking means to retain said members in EGBERT S. DURKEE.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. EDWARDS, AUGUSTA E. DEAN. 

